亥
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
sign of the hog, 9-11PM, twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ガイ
- カイ
- Kun (native)
- い
- Nanori (used in names)
- り
- Other languages
- 拼音hai4
- 한글hae
- Hán-ViệtHợi
Basics
- Strokes
- 6 strokes
- Radical
- 亠(なべぶた)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+4EA5
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱丶𠀔
Words using this kanji
- 亥いい（ゐ）。十二支の12番目。the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Pig, hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight), north-northwest
- 亥年いどしyear of the Boar, year of the Pig
- 亥月がいげつtenth month of the lunar calendar
- 亥の刻いのこくhour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight)
- 亥の子いのこday of the Boar in the month of the Boar (the 10th month in the lunar calendar)
- 亥の日いのひday of the Boar
- 亥の年いのとしyear of the Boar
- 亥の子餅いのこもちday-of-the-Boar mochi (made with new grains)
- 亥の子の祝いのこのいわいDay-of-the-Boar Festival
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
2-2-4- Four Corner
0080.2- Spahn–Hadamitzky
2j4.1- Heisig
- 1637
- Nelson
- 287